Harmer Hill
Harmer Hill | |
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The Red Castle public house, Harmer Hill (Closed for business 2018) | |
Location within Shropshire | |
OS grid reference | SJ483226 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | SHREWSBURY |
Postcode district | SY4 |
Dialling code | 01939 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Shropshire |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Harmer Hill is a village in Shropshire, England located on the A528 south of Wem and north of Shrewsbury.
The name Harmer comes from the two words "hare" and "mere", as there was a lake situated in a plain below the hill, but it was drained in the 15th century for farm land. The village was home to two pubs, the Bridgewater Arms and the Red Castle; the Red Castle closed in 2018. There is a village hall and Presbyterian chapel with its own burial ground. Harmer Hill is said to be haunted,[citation needed] notably by a "White Lady".
Queen Mary's brother, the Marquess of Cambridge, lived at nearby Shotton Hall from after World War I until his death in 1927.[1] Helen Morgan, Liberal Democrat MP, lives in Harmer Hill, which is in her North Shropshire constituency.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Death of the Marquess of Cambridge". The Shrewsbury Chronicle. 25 October 1927. p. 7.Obituary.
- ^ "Meet Helen". Helen Morgan. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
External links
[edit]Media related to Harmer Hill at Wikimedia Commons